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• Subject: Re: [ANN] "Future of Software and Databases" NetSeminar (December 3)
• From: "Ken North" <ken_north@c...>
• Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:57:54 -0700
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> Which opens a whole other can of worms.
>
> If, as some are asserting, XML is for interchange formats - whats all
> this about XML databases?

Think of a database as a container for all types of data -- enabling you to run
powerful queries.
If databases can store audio, images, video, text and biometric data, why should
XML be a "can of worms".

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